Five illustrations of varieties of hellebore, primula and Bellis perennis (daisy). The white hellebore is painted with the stem growing out of the ground, the other plants have flowering stems with roots. Plant names inscribed alongside each plant in black ink in Latin, French and German: TL: HELLEBORVS NIGER flo alb; Ellebore; Nieswurz; TR: PRIMVLA VERIS; Brayes de Cocu; Himmelsschlussel; C: HELLEBOVS NIGER: fl herbac; Ellebore; LL: BELLIS fl. Var; LR: BELLIS flo alb; Basquette; Maßlieven. Old Latin names: Helleborus niger flos alb (white flowers), Primula veris, Bellis fl:var (variety), Helleborus niger fl: herbac (possibly meaning 'herbaceous'), Bellis fl.alb (white flowers) English vernacular names: Christmas Rose, Common Primrose, English Primrose, Stinking Hellebore, English Daisy, Common Daisy
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1 item
Physical description
watercolour painting (technique). 45 cm x 31 cm. watercolour (paint). handmade laid paper